I was in the mood to
write and well, I didn't feel like updating my other stories just
yet, sorry… I need inspiration to do that and I'm still thinking
what I can do for them.

Summary: It's
about Sakura's life since Sasuke left and until they meet again.
Sakura left Konoha to start a new life away from everyone. In her
voyage towards forgetting, they are together again. SASUSAKU!

Disclaimer: I
don't own Naruto because I'm not that smart to make something
like it. Masashi Kishimoto you're incredible!

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As you all must know,
he left. He left her and broke her heart. She suffered
from his absence many years and the only thing that helped her
stop thinking about him was training. So she dove head first
into becoming strong and forgetting about him.

Now, after so many
years, it's his fault that she can't move on. It's
his fault that she is like this. She is cold, her friends tried
to get her out of the hole she fell into, but it was no use. The
truth is, she's afraid.

Yes, she is afraid of
losing the memories of him. Those memories are the only thing
that kept her alive. She tried to forget by going out with many men.
After all, she was beautiful beyond doubt. All the men in Konoha
drooled over her when she walked past them. Just one glance that she
gave a man and he would have hearts in his eyes while she would just
roll her eyes.

She didn't care
though, none of them were he.

One time, she did start
liking a man, but then she discovered something. By going out with
that man, she was forgetting about him. What would he
think? Would he feel disgusted at her for proclaiming her
undying love for him and then when he came back, that
undying love, he would think, was false.

He always did
think it was just a silly crush that she had for him. She knew
that deep inside; she loved him with all of her heart. She
would've truly given up anything for him.

She's disgusted with
herself, because deep inside she misses him still. She wants
him to be with her. No, she doesn't want him with
her. She just wants him happy. His happiness is hers
and if someone else gave him that happiness, she would let him
free. Although, if he ever needed her, she would do anything
for him.

Pathetic, that's what
she was. He was always right, she was pathetic and weak. She
was probably annoying too. She always thought that when he
said those words to her, he was talking physically. Now she
knew the truth, he meant that as a person, a whole, her heart,
she was weak. Her stupid heart that just didn't know when to give
up. She has clearly lost this battle, yet, if she knows this, why is
she still waiting for him to come and take her out of her
hole?

Why won't she let her
other friends take her out of her hole?

Haruno Sakura is a weak
and pathetic person, and she is well aware of that fact.

She might be strong on
the outside; she might be stronger than the Godaime, who died years
ago in a battle against Sound. She surpassed her sensei, and she was
as strong as the Rokudaime.

Naruto…

He got married to
Hinata and has a child with her. How she loves him. Don't get her
wrong; she loves Naruto as a brother, nothing more. He once tried to
take up his place but he couldn't and gave up. He noticed
Hinata and that's when they started to deepen their relationship.

She was happy for them,
believe it or not, she wasn't jealous. She knew that if she gave up
on him, she could have that happiness too. Well, maybe not,
because maybe she loved him so much that she couldn't bare
being with another man.

She never tried to find
out, so she didn't know if she could achieve that happiness. She
imagined she could though. How wrong she is. She can't love another
man, because she gave him her heart when he left that
day and betrayed the village. He did this all for Itachi.

Itachi…

She met him, various
occasions. People said that they looked alike. She was curious as to
what he looked like. One day, during a mission, she found out. When
she looked at him, her eyes had widened and sparkled in that light
that hadn't since he left her. Naruto saw this, because he
was with her during the mission. During that time, he was still
infatuated with her.

Naruto thought that her
eyes sparkled because of Itachi, but he didn't know that her eyes
sparkled for something else.

She looked at the
killer of the Uchiha's and she was mesmerized. This man and him
looked nothing alike! What were people talking about? Him and
this man were related? She couldn't believe that people said that
they looked alike.

He was a lot
more handsome and his aura was more addicting. Of course,
Itachi was a handsome man, but comparing Itachi to him was
like comparing a donkey to a horse. Sure, they looked similar, but
the horse was more beautiful and elegant. He was like the
horse and Itachi the donkey.

Okay, so the comparison
sounds a bit off, but that's what her eyes saw. She wondered what
was so great about Itachi so without thinking, she had approached
him. He looked at her and saw her eyes.

He must've been
captivated by them because he forgot about everything around him and
looked only at her. She stepped forward and now they were one foot
away from each other. The shark man looked at them and then looked at
the Kyuubi, ready to pounce on him and Naruto also on the fish man.

She didn't know where
she got the courage, but she approached him even more and touched his
Akatsuki cape's collar. She lowered it to see all of his face. She
looked at his face, examining all of his features. Surprisingly, he
let her. He bore his gaze into her eyes. What was she thinking? She
must be another one of those whores that would do anything to get him
in bed, he thought. When he looked deeper into her eyes though, he
knew that he was wrong.

She examined every
feature, every point. This man, he was nothing like the man she
loved. He got impatient, not liking being toyed with. He gripped her
wrist and she let go of the collar.

She finally looked up
at him and she smiled at him. His eyes grew wide for a second but
before anyone could notice, he returned to his usual stoic face. She
had noticed it though. Her smile grew wider and she approached him.
Their faces just a few centimeters apart, and she kissed him.

He looked at the girl
who backed up right after. He had let go of her wrist. She had kissed
him…on the cheek? Why isn't she afraid of him?

She had kissed him on
the cheek. Somehow, she didn't feel intimidated by him. She looked
at his sharingan eyes and somehow saw his sadness and loneliness. She
knew how he felt so she kissed him to show that he wasn't the only
one. Then she uttered words that shocked him.

-"You look nothing
alike." She had stated to Uchiha Itachi

Him, being the genius
he was, understood. For once, someone had seen that his otouto and
him had no resemblance. Then he understood, this pink-haired kunoichi
was in love with his little brother. How foolish of him, to leave
such a woman behind. She's beautiful beyond reason and she's
showed him that her heart was even more beautiful if possible. He
decided to leave the Kyuubi for another time and signaled to Kisame,
to leave. Then, they disappeared.

That wasn't the last
time she had seen Itachi. Every time she did see him, she would give
him that same compassionate smile that she showed the first time they
met. After the smile he would leave with Kisame, as if he couldn't
bare harm her. This had become a ritual for them. She personally
liked it though.

Everyone else in Konoha
had moved on and had forgotten about him, except her. At the
beginning, it had bothered her, but now, she didn't care anymore.
As long as her heart lived on for him, he might still
come back.

Yea right, he
had too much pride to come back. After, she had nothing left in
Konoha, because the only two people that kept her up had died, she
decided to leave this place as well. She was off to explore the
world.

She didn't leave to
go find him, no, that's not it. She left to start a new
life. Somewhere far from the memories that haunt her, because she is
so pathetic that she can't forget and live on like the others. She
has to find her own way, a harder one, like always.

She decided to start
out on a new road in life when Tsunade and Kakashi both died and left
her. Why does everyone she cares about, leave her? Kakashi died by
his own ex-pupil's hands. He killed him, or so that's what
everyone said. Tsunade died by Orochimaru's hands. No one saw when
Kakashi died, but by the hole in his stomach, it was by a chidori.
Tsunade was tired from fighting other Sound nins that she didn't
have time to act against Orochimaru's attack and died instantly.

After their deaths, she
gave up on the world. Kakashi was the one that caught her when she
fell and Tsunade was the one that made her smile and have fun.
Together, they would bring her hopes up and guided her when she felt
completely lost.

They died, she left
Konohagakure. It's that simple.

It's been five years
since she left Konoha. She's 25 now. He left when they were
12. She hasn't seen him since they were 15, on the last
attempt Konoha had on bringing him back. 10 years of not
looking into his eyes and still, her heart pounded every time his
image appeared in her mind. She loves him, even though she
hasn't seen him in years.

In the present, she's
passing by a small village on the outskirts of snow country. Her
attire has nothing to do with the weather. She's wearing a black
miniskirt and a red spaghetti strap shirt. She had a black and red
checkerboard glove on her right hand that reached up to her elbow.
Her hair was tied up and hidden under a black cap. What's amazing
about the attire though is that she was wearing high-heeled black
boots. She's still a ninja and you could still see her kunai pouch
on her right thigh. Back in Konoha, she was an elite ANBU before she
left, so she is really strong although by her slim figure, it looked
like she was frail and weak.

Right now, she was in a
dilemma. She had no money. She started looking around, the different
posts around this small town to see if she could get a small job and
earn some money. All the time, she was trying to hide her appearance,
because she, after all, is a missing nin now.

She stopped when her
emerald eyes spotted a bar; it was holding a karaoke competition,
perfect. She sings really well and the grand prize was a lot of
money. She quickly did a genjutsu and now she was brown haired and
her eyes were brown also. She took off her cap and went to sit at the
bar. She asked the bartender about the competition and she went to
sign in for it.

She always did things
like this to earn money. She doesn't like stealing or borrowing
money from people, even though she could. She liked earning her money
on her own. She put a false name and went back to the bar to wait.
Sakura who was now 'Aoi' asked for a martini, while she waited
for her turn.

Finally they called
upon her and she stepped on the stage. She breathed in and out before
going to sing her heart out. She was used to it, but the truth is
that she was always a bit nervous. The man that was working the
karaoke asked her what song and she quickly responded.

She stepped up to the
microphone. She looked like a goddess with the light shining down on
her. All of them looked at her in awe. How can a woman be so
beautiful?

She suddenly started
singing, not noticing the person that just came into the bar. He was
alone, and he's been like that for a while. Ever since he killed
Orochimaru because he found out that the snake had controlled him
with the curse and killed Kakashi, he's been wandering around.
Right when he came in, he looked up at the stage and saw a woman that
was about to sing. Sure, this woman was incredible in every aspect of
the word, but a certain she took his heart.

He wanted to see her
so much, but the truth was that his pride didn't let him return to
Konoha. Especially, because he hadn't even killed Itachi. He had a
chance, but in the end, when he was about to slice the man in half
with his katana, he found out that he couldn't. He might have felt
hurt for what Itachi did, but he still cared for him as a brother. He
didn't hate him like he thought he did. He let the man live.

For some reason, he
wasn't ashamed of doing that. He actually felt at peace when he let
his brother free. He felt that he was setting himself free as well,
when he did that. He sat down at the bar and settled to watch the
woman sing.

She was singing My
Immortal from Evanescence. Her voice was so sad. He looked at her
and saw something else that the rest took for granted. A tear fell
down her cheek. He looked at her eyes and the only thing he saw was
sorrow and longing. What had happened to the woman, for her to have
such a sad face?

She looked torn, just
like him. When the song finished she wiped the tear off her face and
smiled at the public. That smile was a fake smile, from what he
observed. What captivated him from the smile though, was that it
reminded him of someone else's fake smile.

It was the same one
that she would put when she tried to hide her
sadness from him and the dobe (Naruto).

His suspicions rose
when she came down of the stage and received her prize money. Now
that he saw her closer, she looked like she was broken, but she still
gave a bigger fake smile. Why didn't anyone notice that this woman
was torn on the inside completely?

He was a prodigy and
something didn't add up for him. He looked her up and down, the
woman was beautiful, but what he noticed other than that was that she
had a kunai holster. So that meant, she was a ninja? If she was,
then where is her hitai-ate?

Was she a missing nin?
She was just like him then. He watched as several men went up to her
and asked her to dance. She politely said no to each one of them and
started off toward the exit.

Perfect, now he could
investigate further, without arising suspicion. He walked out right
after her, to find no one outside. He decided to find her chakra
signal, but nothing. She must be hiding it, but if that's what she
was doing, then she must be a really good ninja.

He decided to activate
his sharingan but before he could, a kunai was pressed to his neck
and a small, frail body was against his back. His eyes widened, she
knew he was following! How careless of him to not notice! This woman
must be getting to him.

Thank God she couldn't
see any of his features. He had a black cloak on and a hood over his
head. He wore sunglasses, although it's night and under his black
cloak, he wore black pants and a black t-shirt with the Uchiha symbol
in the back. Of course, this woman couldn't see it because of the
cloak.

-"Who are you?"
This man looked familiar, felt familiar.

--"Who are you?" he
asked back. His voice sounded so familiar, like if it were from her
dreams. That's impossible because her dreams are of him and
certainly, this man couldn't be him, could he?

-"I asked first."
She stated as she pressed the kunai closer to his neck. Suddenly, he
turned into a log. "Shit" she cursed. "Why were you following
me?" She asked as she looked for the mysterious man. He came right
in front of her and pinned her against the wall of the bar outside.
She could feel his breathe and it was cold. She only knew one person
with such cold breathe and she discovered it when he had said
'thank you' to her and knocked her out. The day he left
her.

-"Answer the
question." He stated as he looked into her eyes. He took off his
sunglasses and activated his sharingan. She gasped. He thought it
might have been because she was afraid, but then he noticed that she
had a genjutsu on her. So this wasn't her true appearance? Who was
she?

-"Sa-Sasuke?" she
stuttered. He stared at her. How did she know him? Then a tear fell
down on her face.

-"Who are you?" he
said roughly, getting impatient. She remembered her genjutsu and
squirmed in his grasp. He was holding her wrists, so that meant she
couldn't dispel the genjutsu.

-"Let go of me."
She stated. For some reason, he obeyed. She did a hand sign and
pronounced the word kai. Quickly her brown eyes turned into a
spectacular emerald. What caught his eyes was her hair though. The
brown locks turned into a radiant pink. His eyes widened.

-"Sakura." He
stated like if it were nothing important while his eyes showed
different. In the pit of his stomach, he had a feeling that he never
felt before; only when he was with her he felt it. For normal people,
this was called having butterflies in the stomach, but of course,
Uchiha Sasuke had no such thing.

He looked at the woman
in front of him, HIS woman. Then, the sorrow she showed on the stage
was because of him, right? Wait…what if someone hurt her? He looked
up at her, God she was beautiful.

-"Sakura, I…I'm
so…sorry." he stated as he looked away from her. When he did
this, she felt that her world was about to crumble. He started to
walk away from her. She watched and something came over her. She ran
up to him and hugged him from behind.

-"STOP!" she
screamed. It felt like déjà vu. This was the same scene
from when she stopped him in the forest of death.

His eyes grew wide when
she stopped hugging him and went in front of him. She smiled at him
and grasped his face with both of her hands.

-"Don't leave me
again." She whispered, but he heard it perfectly.

Fuck the happiness
thing she was proclaiming about. She wants him to be with her and no
one else. She wants to be his happiness. For once, she wants to be a
little selfish and have him, for just one night, just one.

He looked into her
eyes; he had taken out the sharingan and now onyx clashed with
emerald. Her smile grew wider as she approached him. He put his arms
around her waist and pulled her against him. Startled, she let go of
his face and then she put her arms around his neck.

They collided, forehead
with forehead. She smiled at him and took his hood off. He just
stared into her eyes. Her hands went to his locks that somehow looked
the same as when he left. They stared for a few minutes at each
other. Sakura went and closed the space that they had.

She kissed him and
surprisingly, he kissed back. It was a slow kiss at first and
passionate. Then they deepened. Sasuke bit her lower lip for
entrance, she obliged easily. Their tongues battled for dominance, in
the end, they didn't know which one won. They separated for breath.
He picked her up bridal style. Sakura squeaked but didn't struggle.

They went into the
hotel in which he was staying. They entered the room and he closed
the door from behind. He put her on the bed. She smiled at him as if
telling him that he could do it.

He went on top of her
and kissed her roughly on the lips. She kissed back. His hand was
roaming up her shirt. He discarded her shirt quickly while her hands
worked there way with the cloak. She took it off easily too and both
of her hands roamed up his shirt. He stopped the kiss and started
planting kisses from her jaw and stopped at her neck. He started
licking, nipping and biting her skin.

She moaned and this
just got him more aroused. He looked up at her and she smiled at him.
Quickly one of his hands pulled her head up for another kiss, while
his other hand was taking her bra off. Finally succeeding, he broke
the kiss and looked at her. She was beautiful. Her breasts were
perfect, not small nor too big. She pulled his shirt off.

He went down again and
started to play with her left breast, while he took the one on the
right into his mouth. He bit it and she arched her back, moaning. He
switched places and started to lick and nip her left breast while his
hand played around with the right one.

Her hands went down to
his pants and took them off. He looked at her. Onyx clashed with
emerald. He was amazed by her boldness and smirked. She smirked back
at him. He started to trail kisses down her stomach and stopped at
the skirt. He looked at her again with a mischievous smirk. She
nodded and smiled at him.

That smile was only
his; he knew that she only gave it to him. He quickly took her skirt
off and all she had left were her black panties. He was still with
his boxers.

She giggled and he
looked up at her, questioning the giggle. She looked at him and
smiled again. He went up to her and kissed her passionately. She
quickly tugged at his boxers and he took her panties off. They looked
at each other and she giggled again.

-"I must still be
dreaming Sasuke-kun." She told him. Suddenly, he felt warm inside.
He felt like if he was whole. She dreamed about him just like he
dreamed of her. As a bonus, she even added the suffix to his name. He
smiled and Sakura's eyes grew wide. Sasuke doesn't smile, but his
smile, it captivated her completely. He had a handsome smile. He
leaned down and kissed her.

They broke out of the
kiss, he looked as if asking and she just smiled and nodded. He
inserted his groin into her core. Her eyes widened. She felt so much
pain. He looked at her, waiting for her to adjust. She nodded at him
and slowly he started a slow rhythm, while he gave her butterfly
kisses. On her cheeks, eyelids, eyebrows, forehead, and finally lips,
there wasn't a place in her face that he missed. He nipped at her
ears and kissed her chin.

Slowly she started
forgetting the pain and now only felt pleasure and ecstasy. She
started moaning his name. He loved how she said his name and pushed
in harder. Both of them got accustomed and were now moving in sync.

Finally, both came,
screaming out their names in unison and he collapsed on her. Her arms
circled him into a hug. He hugged her back. After a few moments he
got out of her and rolled over right next to her. She put one of her
legs on his and put her head on his chest, hearing his heartbeat. He
hugged her around the waist and smelling her hair. They fell asleep.

The next day he woke up
to find no one on him. He quickly sat up and searched the room. He
heard singing and the shower was on. He quickly got up, not caring
that he was completely naked and put his ear to the bathroom door.
She has a beautiful voice, he thought. Then an idea popped up.

She was taking a shower
while thinking about last night. She's the happiest person in the
world. Suddenly, she heard the door close. She looked out of the
curtain from the shower. She saw no one so she continued to shower
thinking it was just her imagination.

Suddenly two strong
well built arms wrapped around her. She squealed, but then calmed
down, knowing whom it was.

-"Ready for round
two?" He suddenly turned her around, Onyx clashed with emerald.

-"Sasuke-kun, I love
you." She said as she looked at him straight in the eyes. He
smirked.

-"Aishiteru
Sakura-chan" he said. Tears came to her eyes and quickly,
they went for round two, as Sasuke said.

From then on, things
might change for better or for worse, I don't know, but at least
they're together and will fight their fights…together.

HER and HIM-
ONE

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